Improved skate



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE B. SENNETT AND HENRY ESSEX, OF MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVED SKATE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 52,212, dated January 23, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE B. SENNETT and HENRY ESSEX, of Meadville, in the county of Crawford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Manufacture of Skates; and we do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof,which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to the production of a skate to be used either by ladies or gentlemen, or boys or misses, possessing great strength, elasticity, and beauty, and at a considerable less cost than skates as now manufactured, it consisting in forming both the runner and footrest of the skate of one and the same piece of steel, by and through a novel mode of manipulatingand operating' upon the said steel, as will be now described, reference being had to the accompanying plate of drawings, of which- Figure 1 represents the piece ofsteel of which the skate is to be made; Fig. 2, a side view of the steel after being bent into the form'of a skate 5 Fig. 3, a similar view of the skate when finished 3 Fig. 4, a plan or top view of the skate and its foot-res Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A in the drawings represents the piece or bar of steel of which the skate (both its run ner and foot-rest) are to be made. This piece of steel is about sixteen inches in length, three-fourths of an inch in width, and onefourth of an inch thick, split from both ends nearly to the center, but with the slit extending` an equal distance, or nearly so, from each end, and half-way, or nearly so, of its width, and through its entire thickness forming four ends or pieces, a, b, c, and d, uniting at j'. This piece of steel A, thus split, is then taken, and, after having been sufficiently heated, bent in any proper manner around suitableshaped formers into the form shown in Fig. 2, each piece as there lettered corresponding to the similarly-lettered pieces of the steel in Fig. 1, when the ends of the pieces c and d are then split perpendicularly down as far as the line wx, and the piece a from yy, for instance,

or more or less, according to the height which it is desired to have the foot-rest from the runner of the skate, and one side bent over one way. and one the other, forming flat foot-rests g and h, respectively, for the heel and toe of the foot, as plainly shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the heelfastening being formed by forcing the end Z of piece d up through the center ot' the heel-rest openingg, and cutting a screw-thread thereon.

Frein the above description of the manner in which a skate is formed of one piece ot'steel it is obvious that the cost of manufacture is much decreased and a very elastic and strong skate is produced, and that, furthermore, no riveting, jointing, or Welding ot' any nature whatsoever is necessary therefor, and that any of the usual strap or other fastenings can be readily applied to the skate.

ln lieu of forming the heel-screw from the same piece of steel as that from which the runner and foot-rest are formed, it can be made separate and then attached thereto 5 and also, it may be here remarked, in conclusion, that various lengths, widths, and thicknesses of steel may be used other than that herein particularly specified, according to the size or form of skate desired, and therefore we do not intend to limit ourselves to the precise size of steel used or form of skate shown as produced from it, the present invention consisting, mainly, in forming the runner and foot-rest ot' a skate of one and the same piece ot' steel.

That we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The making ofthe foot-rest and runner of a skate, and without either Weld, rivet, or joint, out of one and the same piece of steel, substantially in the manner described.

2. The forming ofthe heel fastening' or screw from one and the same piece of steel of which the runner and foot-rest ofthe skate are made, substantially as described.

The above specication of our invention signed by us this 13th day of November, 1865.

GEO. B. SENNETT. HENRY ESSEX. f

Witnesses:

Tnos. W. GRAFTON, Trios. B. LAsHEERs. 

